Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

It’s a miracle. Probably the most important development in the new decade!  The ever-sinking sidewalk near the corner of Delancey and Chrystie Street was finally filled last weekend.

Some high-tech interactive advertising is now afoot inside the ground level of 38 Delancey, which explains the new touch-screen. The windows are skinned with posters showing app logos and the lame-o slogan of submission (“droid does apps”). No sign of tenants just yet.

On Saturday night, Sara D. Roosevelt Park was the stage for an epic showdown of Star Wars geekery.  Newmindspace, the collective behind the Union Square pillow fight, organized an LED lightsaber battle on the basketball court at the East Houston entrance.  Given that it was the holiday weekend, turnout was surprisingly high – best guess [...]

The sidewalk shed outside Mark Miller’s recently-gutted gallery at 92 Orchard Street is now a bit prettier.  Yesterday afternoon, Miller invited street artist Rico to put his brush to the canvas, so to speak (Rico is reportedly associated with graffiti supply shop 100b on Forsyth Street). Now, instead of peeling bills and rotting plywood, there [...]

After revealing itself to the neighborhood earlier this week, 38 Delancey keeps rolling out the new features.  Yesterday afternoon, a touch-sensitive computer magically appeared in a window at the corner of Forsyth Street.

Over the weekend, much of the remaining worksite plywood was dismantled from the facade of 38 Delancey.  We now have a relatively unfettered look at the ground level of the new condoplex.